Teachers serving for over 10 years to be transferred

by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.

The Ministry of Education has decided to transfer all teachers in the 361 national schools who have served in the same school continuously for over 10 years.

The transfers would be carried out as per the recommendations of the Teachers' Transfering Boards that were set up at district level.

Except on humanitarian grounds, all the others would be served with transferred orders in the near future.

Teachers could forward their appeals.

However, if teachers refuse to accept transfers, disregarding instructions of the Ministry of Education, their salaries will be withheld, according to the latest decisions taken by the Ministry of Education, W.M. Balasooriya, Director of Education said at a meeting of school heads of the Kurunegala district at Bingiriya National School recently.